Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-07-22

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iaruS oroughU 10 MeNlco WIN UheI'l Ill Vhe
first years OF the Conquest. The best OF
them are trained in that peculiar and en-
iovable motion called the pnyO. in which
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"''' U'o i''i'u i,sS s'eil s'". 'e'g W i'"'o 'ne
ground, ana the rlder Is hnrdly moved III
his scat 1t is Il difficult pace for an all
day ing but our horses fell into il readily
,t =, macmillan p,,ti,n or tb. Lri,llc- raip aud
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ghlt "f about SIX miles an h"ur'
The art of training horse to this pace
must have come over with the co,,y,isid-
do,cs and a horse nrnuired it through cnr.
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covers the launches and descends to the
legs. II is friuged with sharp iron tags
which. while the horse is pacing. do not
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wv S"''P ul'"n ',s ''b'' nus " 1t"
lhe cruel heNi'ah nlt III ms MOUTH ana the
diuIitcrd at his heels, the Mexican cdbdiio
of rein or heel. and becomes-as a true
saddle horse should almost as much Dor
ton Of the rider ms the lower parts Of a
ccntuur
Shortly after our return to Oaxaca. the
promised letters to the Scrranos were de
| hvercd to us. aud ON "A July morning we set
galv forth
Don Santos had everything in readiness.
even tu the 1iuitgIS de d,jitd. or ruin -cloaks.
strapped to the saddles. and an intelligent
and sedate mule of the female scx-nn
| hembru-carred. in mountain heap upon
her back, the numerous articles thought in
iispcnsablc during three weeks absence.
and Immediately the cavalcnde started took
her place AS leader Of the procession. un-
guided by bit or bride After leaving the
valley. our trail lay through the font hills.
where never vet wheel had passed-save.
perhaps, n cannon wheel in revolutionary
times-and at noon we reached the ruiubrrS.
or hill -crests. where the level field, Of the
lower country were exchanged for brauti-
ful woods of oak and pine. 4 bllowy
sweep of wooded hills Law before us. and
far i'm the distance we saw the vale Of Ixt-
Ian, in the centre Of which lay the town
| where we were TO sleep that night For
AN hour or 50 We rode through fragrant
woods. emerging from which we halted at
n mud hut known ns Fl ,ucyoH de his al,nn,
pri,}i,itS or the 'inn of the lost souls " be-
cause one Of its mustered wall, was cover
ed with II paiutin,, repres.utin, the burn-
ing Of souls in the flames Of hell.
1t was here at this wretch.d hamlet of
| Parada. that the Indians of the hills. under
General Hernandez, defeated the troops Of
the governor of the state, in 1876, in the
revolution that raised General Dinz to the
presidency
We 90, "A Xretched breakfast. or }esa,n,-
no here. CONSISTING, of cold and clnmmy tor
fiIay tor hapiacksl nnd souu hot with chm
served ON the earthen floor of a low stone
house. Desccndin., vet farther we left b..
hind us the forest lands. md wound our
way down n steep hill strewn with flint.
and ngates. reaching nt the bottom the frb.
,.ic1 ,ie Xi1 n lar,e and handsome cotton
factory. run by water power from n very
,unll stream Wonder succeeded Ia aston.
isbment when we learned that every pound
Of the machinery in this larye fnctnrv and
every ounce of cotton used in its looms
had been brought over POO miles. ON the
backs of mules. The machinery wns per-
feet the Indian ou.ratiyes auiet iutalli
cent nnJ industrious. Vet the nurstinn of
profit seemed 10 us uroblematical lint the
proprietor. Mr.. Nnchard. an Austrian. was
! Jilip.utlv tlruint, ont D,n,t,ts and hnlts of
cloth. confident Of n market anon, tn, In.
dians of the valleys All his cotton cam.
from the c,ost of Warn Cruz and Nau Or
lpans. and after leavin,, the railway had IN
ba cprri.d a distance az 33O miles an Tho
hack, nr mtlrs and dnnkcvs II seanaJ tn
us "A will venture this establishment biJ
den among the hills in n country where nv.
ery Indian village has hand looms enou,,h
of It's own To sIIpply the inhabitants with
their sinul, garments Vet we bopel il
woulI succeed for never were pIuct ond
energy more cnnsuiruously emulnyeJ Tho
chief engineer Of Xia. Daniel Whitaker
had spent all his life luokin., for mines mud
| had a b.an of rich su.cimrns tn sb,,y m.
and an equally rich store Of information
/ He had heard of the minn we we're in
senrch of nnd we thougbt sac,naJ d;s,r.
pointed that we should visit its Iocalitv
/ first He had spent months in fruitIess
/ search of the "rnhbers' traas,,rsu on ,b..
yreat stones of the maiestic mountain vol
cano Orilaba finding ali the Sims If nrnv
unity tbe old forti6rntions anil tba rel
/ cross ON the wall lint un hurried mop.v
/ He it was who first informed us how t6,.
/ ice ,yas made which conled the haer bs nav.
ms I'm the Cuuhr.s tl,, 'pntiy.. di,, .balIn,,.
nits ,yb.r. IN. ,yoter rro.les nj ni,,bt in
| him sheets which ara stor.J in str,,,
| houses in some gloomy ravine until mitr n
| thick block il obtained
The iollv engineer had mode il 81 ooreo-
obIr for n: that il WINS lote when wa lert
| for Ixtlan A broad river ran beIn,y snnn.
ned bv n bridge of rounJ poles covered h,,
/ n SINGLE roof. crossing which we climbed Ia
| the little hamlet of San Pablo os ths in